NVIDIA started Quadro M5500 sales 8 April 2016. This is a Maxwell 2.0 architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 8 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 150 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro M5500: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	268
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.38	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	GM204
Market segment	Mobile workstation
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro M5500's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M5500's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1165 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	5,200 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	149.1	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	4.772 TFLOPS	of 109.7 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	64	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	128	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M5500 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
SLI options	+

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M5500: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1753 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	211 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M5500. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	No outputs
Display Port	1.2
G-SYNC support	+

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M5500. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Vision Pro	+
Mosaic	+
VR Ready	+
nView Display Management	+
Optimus	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro M5500, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12
Shader Model	6.4
OpenGL	4.5	of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090)
OpenCL	1.2
Vulkan	+
CUDA	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M5500. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro M5500 20.54

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro M5500 7915

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro M5500 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	65−70
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	45−50
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100
Metro Exodus	70−75
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Battlefield 5	65−70
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	45−50
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100
Metro Exodus	70−75
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Far Cry 5	45−50
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
Hitman 3	40−45
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14
Far Cry 5	24−27
Forza Horizon 4	110−120
Hitman 3	24−27
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45
Metro Exodus	35−40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18
Hitman 3	16−18
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110
Metro Exodus	21−24
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5
Far Cry 5	10−12
Forza Horizon 4	27−30
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10